Posted on October 29, 2004 7:38 am by Shel Holtz | General
Allan Jenkins, Denmark-based PR practitioner, comments on the ongoing discussion about the nature of blogs and whether they should be about anything at all or focused on a topic. Among other thoughtful points, Allan writes:
Look at the Federalist Papers. Hamilton, Jay, and Madison wrote editorials, deftly woven to build on and refer to one another’s posts, to argue for ratification of the…
Posted on October 27, 2004 9:31 am by Shel Holtz | General
I reported on October 6 on a Micropersuasion entry about a Delta Airlines flight attendant who was suspended for appearing in a photo on her blog wearing her uniform. Today, Neville Hobson reports that the attendant, Ellen Simonetti, has been fired. A BBC report quotes the flight attendant: “This blogging thing is obviously a new problem for employers and they need to…
Posted on October 27, 2004 9:09 am by Shel Holtz | General
I wrote back on September 7 about the Northwest Voice, a participatory newspaper in Bakersfield, California. Mark Glaser notes in his current Online Journalism Review column that several of these participatory newspapers have sprung up and interviews experts on both sides of the issue. I wonder which company will be the first to start a participatory online newspaper for its…
Posted on October 24, 2004 10:35 am by Shel Holtz | General
I’ll be in the air all day Monday and working with a client in Philadelphia on Tuesday. I’ll post entries when I can.
You may notice that I’m using the same headline for this trip as my last one. I travel a lot, and I’m just not clever enough to come up with a new headline for every trip I take. Besides, you’d roll your eyes…
Posted on October 24, 2004 9:51 am by Shel Holtz | General
All this sturm und drang over a presidential endorsement on a PR blog needs to be put into perspective. Now we’ve got bloggers taking sides over who’s right and who’s wrong. A comment on this blog asserts “There are no hard and fast rules with blogging, to be sure. That said, the only thing you have to talk about is what you want to talk…
Posted on October 22, 2004 4:31 pm by Shel Holtz | General
The debate continues over Wikipedia’s credibility. One certain attribute is its speed. Type “podcasting” into Google and, in addition to offering links, the search asks if you meant “broadcasting.” Type “podcasting” into Wikipedia, and you get a pretty comprehensive definition.
I’d like to see Encyclopedia Britannica respond that quickly to a new word or issue. When the community contributes the content, though, updates happen as fast as contributors…
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